Things they don't want you to know about.

[Krashport]

1.*) Moderator's and Game Master's (GM), Are very good at their jobs. "Brownie Points!"

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members used to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) Once you meet Cid, His Teeth will give you nightmare's.

5.) Members used to spam Ballista to level up for a different scenery.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle used to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party, Without having Refresh.

8.) PS2 is really holding Final Fantasy XI back. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you PS2 players"

9.) People used to pick on a lizard, In a area called South Gustaberg.

10.) Warrior used to be the main tank.

11.) Level 37 used to be a SJ level.

12.) Red Mages had Flash "Spell".

13.) Black Mages did hit every MB.

14.) If a Red Mage screwed up on the Chainspell Stun battling Suzaku, She would eat the Red Mages face. Chocobits Thanks!

15.) Mages, Burned their MP's over and over again on a mountain fighting Puddings. <Flans>

16*.) Most Mithra's are male.

17.) The Job Beastmaster, There was Members that soloed it all the way up to 75.

18.) Someplace within Vana'diel, Theres a place called, Ro'Maeve in order to obtain a Key item which is called, Moongate pass It only spawns on a full moon around the hours of 0:00-3:00. Sesono Thanks!

19.*) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. A movie was made after knowing this. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you Galka"

20.) Mobs AOE, Effected others w/o being in said parties, Outcome came to full party wipes cause Mages couldn't wake any members, As to they were asleep, Kazham area's was the worst, Mandies Dream Flower Ability, Use to hit bypassers putting them to sleep on Chocobo's. -Bul (Carbuncle) thanks!

21.) The Notorious Monster that drops "Thief's knife" wasn't always a "Force POP", Members stayed out there for days/weeks waiting on the The Notorious Monster to spawn.

22.) Member's, Died by massive trains of Mob's at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly, This is just one of many areas as to where this would happen. Raka Thanks!

23.) Deodorize "Spell" was mostly used as a joke. Dubberrucky Thanks!

24.) It wasn't as hard to find a Tele-taxi in Jeuno as it is now a days. Nataskille Thanks!

25.) Members had to find other members, Around their same level to make a party. There wasn't a system called level sync. These were dark times. Rocman Thanks!

26.) Dragoon's "Call Wyvern" used to be their 2-hour. Deadvinta Thanks!

27.) Tarutaru's and other races alike, Use to try to kill themselves by "Jumping" off the Airships. Some still do this to this very day but its rare.

28.) There are a lot of Members within LinkShell's, That are the "mt" Kings and Queens. Ladyofdragons Thanks!

29.) Mob's didn't "Despawn" After disengaging from Said Mob then zoning into another area, Some Mob's would return to their designated area regardless how far they were pulled from said Members, Other parties around would zone also knowing that said Mob would work it's way back through. Alderin Thanks!

30*) Members Farmed white panties.. I mean Subligars in two places, They are called Phomiuna Aqueducts and Sacrarium, Those places used to have a level cap on them also.

31.) Crafting used to be profitable. Evilbob Thanks!

32.) People curing a crafter use to break someones crafting so people would hide in their Mog House to craft. Chronofantasy Thanks!

33.) Haste Cap, Wasn't easy to reach as it is today. Imole Thanks!

34.) On the 100th floor of Nyzul Isle, There's a Runic Key.

35.) Maat's Cap was a big achievement. "Some Members still think so to this day" Emerican Thanks!

36.) Optical Hat, Was highly sought after, The Notorious Monster took a lot of Members to slay it, Where now It can be solo'ed by "Most" Jobs. Emerican Thanks!

38.) Getting a Tele-Altep or Tele-Yhoat, There wasn't always a Choco-Gal there Members had to hoof it. Emerican Thanks!

39.) "w" "lol" Means the same thing "Giggling, Laughing or Laughing out loud".

40.) There was this place where you fought along side fellow Members in the heat of battle to collect Coins/Relic it was called Dynamis.

41.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

42.) Renting a Chocobo from a Choco-Gal, Used to cost over a Grand in "Gil". Gaspee Thanks!

43.) Double Bard Party was considered to be the best. ffxkenshin Thanks!

44.) Mana Burns Parties, Was founded by RTM's Where Members start catching on and doing them. "Some believe" Yopop Thanks!

45.) It used to be very dangerous hoofing it around Vana'diel, Mob's use to be in the worst places to set foot in, Members used to die by just zoning out from an Outpost among other Areas, Mob's are still moved around to this day. Tsukino_Kaji Thanks!

46.) Those Members that are /anon running around in Valkurm Dunes, are really White Mages. lilsweets Thanks!

47.) Members used to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge", Not always by calling a GM.

48.) When you visited Windurst, You used to be able to see a lot of Tarutaru's Buttsliding. "You know who you are!"

49.) Members used to hit up the The Boyahda Tree, In order to cap their skills. Fanugu Thanks!

50.) Most PlayStation 2 users, Bought the PS2 HDD for one reason only "Socom" To which they would have never of though to be playing FFXI for so many years. "I was one of them, E16!!":D

51.) The Reraise "Spell" Used to be able to be dispelled. Ilax, Tsukino_Kaji Thanks!



Edit: Will be adding things once things come to mind. <Please, Assist!>

[Kilue]

I had no idea Kevin Trudeau played this game.

[Nattack]

lose weight with this weird old trick.

[Krashport]

lose weight with this weird old trick.

In what way.. Its always nice once in awhile to remember how things once was!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I had no idea Kevin Trudeau played this game.I have no idea who that is.

[annewandering]

I have no idea who that is.

and dont care either lol.
so what does SE not want us to know? aliens are taking over SE offices during downtime?

[Kilue]

I have no idea who that is.

Consider yourself blessed by avoiding a flood of infomercials about his books. All aptly titled "<blank blank> they don't want you to know about"

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Consider yourself blessed by avoiding a flood of infomercials about his books. All aptly titled "<blank blank> they don't want you to know about"Was the the shamWow kid?

[Dauntless]

1.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members use to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) There was this place where you had to fight along side friends in the heat of battle to collect Coins/relic it was called Dynamis.

5.) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. Takes after a movie.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle use to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party w/o having Refresh.

8.) People use to pick on a lizard, In a are called South Gustaberg.

9.) Warrior use to be the main tank.

10.) Red Mages use to have Flash.

11.) Black Mages use to hit every MB.

12.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.

Lies! This time never existed! This game was always centered around Abyssea, and death to all who say otherwise!

[Lilbitz]

Used to be able to MPK fishing bots on the ferry with thf or bst, ahhhh the good old days.

[Arconis]

I really miss MPKing bots and good old Mob trains in GC CN and Dunes. I loved the challenge of trying not to be killed by the hordes of mobs

[annewandering]

mods dont read this thread lol. mpking really has taken on a new meaning and means hmmmm. more players krafting!

[Bulrogg]

##) Arrow burn or go home.

##) Mobs used to find their way back to their area after being trained instead of despawning. Lots of time spent outside of crawlers nest waiting til it was safe to go back in...

##) AoE was really AoE. Other parties mages dieing because of their mobs AoE >.<; or getting slept exiting Kazam on a bird. T_T

##) Utsusemi used to block -aga.

##) /slap really did a /slap. o.O!

-Bul (Carbuncle)

[Chronofantasy]

All that stuff really isn't too old, or well most of it. I found a topic one time before with really old notes of updates to this game before it was even released to NA players. I wonder if I can find it again.

[Chronofantasy]

Oh and one thing popped in my head.

People curing a crafter used to break someone's crafting so people hid in MHs to craft.

[Chronofantasy]

Here we go:
http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=145

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Oh and one thing popped in my head.

People curing a crafter used to break someone's crafting so people hid in MHs to craft.I remember that.

[Selzak]

I remember one day (this was a long time ago, but not the true old age that I love to reminisce about- just right after ToAU came out) when RMT was huge and having a really terrible impact on the game's economy (20m NQ Scorpion Harnesses) I gathered a /sh PT to MPK a bunch of them in Korroloka Tunnel. We succeeded, and even pushed them out. It was a tiny victory and of course it didn't really slow them down much, but it still felt nice.

If you want true old school, imagine Valkurm Dunes being overcamped and there not being more than 1-2 people in the entire zone over level 20. Those who were higher level were about 40-50(tops) and just helping out at zones- which was wayyy before mobs despawned.

Things like that don't really happen anymore. I do miss that a bit. Comradery. I really miss 6 man parties, moving to a camp, etc. It just took way too much time to get a group together.

Although I will say I'm able to enjoy the game a lot more in its current form. It's nice to be able to log on for 2-3 hours between work and school and be able to actually do something. Something important to remember is that, although it's great to think back about those days and how much more...fulfilling the game was before (especially if you go way back), I know that I would not want to go back permanently.


Idea;

I don't know how hard this would be to implement, but it would be really cool if every year for the Adventurer Appreciation / Anniversary events SE would roll back the updates and let us bask in nostalgia for a few weeks. After a while we'd remember why all the changes happened, but it would be very cool to do once a year.



##) Arrow burn or go home.

##) Mobs used to find their way back to their area after being trained instead of despawning. Lots of time spent outside of crawlers nest waiting til it was safe to go back in...

##) AoE was really AoE. Other parties mages dieing because of their mobs AoE >.<; or getting slept exiting Kazam on a bird. T_T

##) Utsusemi used to block -aga.

##) /slap really did a /slap. o.O!

-Bul (Carbuncle)
That's true old school buddy. :)

[Krashport]

Here we go:
http://www.jpbutton.com/?p=145

Thanks Chronofantasy, This might help my old brain! XD

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Most people don't face the truth that in that economy players could actualy make money.
It was still funto MPK them though. Another one was to "PL" them with spikes on.

[Limecat]

X.) Where Tarutaru children come from. Think about it, even extremely young Tarus are like half the size of the adults, and then there were the Chebukki triplets. Their father probably had to use a stick to roll their mom about like a ball so she could get around the house before they were separated by the war.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

X.) Where Tarutaru children come from. Think about it, even extremely young Tarus are like half the size of the adults, and then there were the Chebukki triplets. Their father probably had to use a stick to roll their mom about like a ball so she could get around the house before they were separated by the war.I thought taru laid eggs.

[annewandering]

X.) Where Tarutaru children come from. Think about it, even extremely young Tarus are like half the size of the adults, and then there were the Chebukki triplets. Their father probably had to use a stick to roll their mom about like a ball so she could get around the house before they were separated by the war.
No way! baby tarus are so tiny you never even know when babies are in the offing! Its obvious where they come from. What I wonder is where galka babies come from.

[Raka]

1.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members use to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) There was this place where you had to fight along side friends in the heat of battle to collect Coins/relic it was called Dynamis.

5.) Members use to spam Ballista to level up for a different scenery.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle use to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party w/o having Refresh.

8.) PS2 is really holding Final Fantasy XI back. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you PS2 players"

9.) People use to pick on a lizard, In a area called South Gustaberg.

10.) Warrior use to be the main tank.

11.) Level 37 use to be a SJ level.

12.) Red Mages use to have Flash.

13.) Black Mages use to hit every MB.

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.

15.) Mages use to camp burning their MP's over and over again on a mountain fighting Puddings. <Flans>

16*.) Most Mithra's are male.

17.) The job Beastmaster, Members use to solo it all the way up to 75.

18.) When you visited Windurst, You use to be able to see a lot of Tarutaru's Buttsliding. "You know who you are!"

19.*) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. A movie was made after knowing this.

20.) Mobs AOE use to effect others w/o being in said parties, outcome came to full party wipes cause Mages can't wake anyone up as to they were asleep, Kazam area use to be the worst, Mandies Dream Flower Ability, Use to hit bypassers putting them to sleep on Chocobo's. -Bul (Carbuncle) thanks!

21.) People curing a crafter use to break someone's crafting so people would hide in their Mog House to craft. Chronofantasy Thanks!


Edit: Will be adding things once things come to mind. <Please, Assist!>

22.) People used to die by massive trains of monsters at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly.

[Chronofantasy]

No way! baby tarus are so tiny you never even know when babies are in the offing! Its obvious where they come from. What I wonder is where galka babies come from.

As the OP mentioned the Galkas climb a mountain when they're old and then they're basically reborn when they descend. This is also mentioned in the Bastok mission storyline I believe when you're in the quicksand cave.

As for Tarutaru, I personally think they are dropped from the sky by storks! That's where babies come from IRL.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

No way! baby tarus are so tiny you never even know when babies are in the offing! Its obvious where they come from.Tarus are marsupials?
What I wonder is where galka babies come from.They riencarnate.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

22.) People used to die by massive trains at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly.23.) This was not limited to Garlage Citidale.

[Raka]

23.) This was not limited to Garlage Citidale.

24.) This is sadly true.

Lol.

[Anela]

Most people don't face the truth that in that economy players could actualy make money.
It was still funto MPK them though. Another one was to "PL" them with spikes on.

LMAO, now thats cold.. hehe

[Tsukino_Kaji]

LMAO, now thats cold.. heheSad, but true. I used to be able to make 1m a week just selling mithkabobs.

[breau]

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.
can anybody help me out please? what does "MPK'ed" mean? i´m german and on that short term i can´t find a translation. thanks^^
breau, alexander/bastok

[Tsukino_Kaji]

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.
can anybody help me out please? what does "MPK'ed" mean? i´m german and on that short term i can´t find a translation. thanks^^
breau, alexander/bastokMonster Player Kill.
We can't PK ourselves, so we need others to do our dirty work.

[breau]

Monster Player Kill.
We can't PK ourselves, so we need others to do our dirty work.

aaah smile got it now thanks
breau, alexander/bastok

[Leatherman]

Trains in kuftal tunnel still send chill down my spine to this day!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Trains in kuftal tunnel still send chill down my spine to this day!People zoning the wyvern was more entertaining.
Stop the PT.
Sneak/invis everyone.

[Dubberrucky]

Deodorize was used for more than a joke.

[Raka]

The Beastmaster charms the Funnel Bats.
The Beastmaster starts casting Dia on the Hellmine.
The Beastmaster sends the Funnel Bats to engage in battle with the Hellmine.

Party enters Garlaige Citadel.
Party camps in the wrong hallway.
Party Leader : stop camping on us plz we were here first

The Beastmaster : I have been here for 2hrs+...sorry but I'm not changing camps.

The Hellmine readies Self-Destruct.
The Hellmine defeats the Funnel Bats.
The Hellmine falls to the ground.
The Party meets a tragic end.

Enter....The Game Master..!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

The Beastmaster charms the Funnel Bats.
The Beastmaster starts casting Dia on the Hellmine.
The Beastmaster sends the Funnel Bats to engage in battle with the Hellmine.

Party enters Garlaige Citadel.
Party camps in the wrong hallway.
Party Leader : stop camping on us plz we were here first

The Beastmaster : I have been here for 2hrs+...sorry but I'm not changing camps.

The Hellmine readies Self-Destruct.
The Hellmine defeats the Funnel Bats.
The Hellmine falls to the ground.
The Party meets a tragic end.

Enter....The Game Master..!The GMs never showed up on Siren. And it was the PT's fault for trying to camp jack the BST. Standing where he was fighting a bomb.

[Raka]

Just an old memory I had on Beastmaster back in the day. :-/

[DrDelicious]

#??) Ghouls in the dunes and gusgen were overcamped by players. and lvl 50s were the "high level" players. all JP of course.

and oh i remember trains. zoning was a deadly prospect, you could tell by the number of players at the zone line if death was in the next area

[DrDelicious]

The Beastmaster charms the Funnel Bats.
The Beastmaster starts casting Dia on the Hellmine.
The Beastmaster sends the Funnel Bats to engage in battle with the Hellmine.

Party enters Garlaige Citadel.
Party camps in the wrong hallway.
Party Leader : stop camping on us plz we were here first

The Beastmaster : I have been here for 2hrs+...sorry but I'm not changing camps.

The Hellmine readies Self-Destruct.
The Hellmine defeats the Funnel Bats.
The Hellmine falls to the ground.
The Party meets a tragic end.

Enter....The Game Master..!

or instead of a GM, someone trains the zone to the bst... i can remember a few people getting salty at bsts or other parties and running trains on them. then the GM gets called haha

[vungster]

Kirin used to take 3-6 hours to kill.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Kirin used to take 3-6 hours to kill.Never more then 1 hour. lol

[vungster]

You enter from the right side of Mount Yuhtunga for Ifrit fight, and the left side for ZM5.

Or was it vice-versa?

[Tsukino_Kaji]

You enter from the right side of Mount Yuhtunga for Ifrit fight, and the left side for ZM5.

Or was it vice-versa?Right side is the main entrance, which is the fastest way to both Ifrit and Ash.

[Raka]

There once was a great battle held every day called "Conflict" or as most know it to be "Ballista".

[Tsukino_Kaji]

There once was a great battle held every day called "Conflict" or as most know it to be "Ballista".That must be something new, I've never heard of it.

[Nataskiller]

1.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members use to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) There was this place where you had to fight along side friends in the heat of battle to collect Coins/relic it was called Dynamis.

5.) Members use to spam Ballista to level up for a different scenery.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle use to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party w/o having Refresh.

8.) PS2 is really holding Final Fantasy XI back. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you PS2 players"

9.) People use to pick on a lizard, In a area called South Gustaberg.

10.) Warrior use to be the main tank.

11.) Level 37 use to be a SJ level.

12.) Red Mages use to have Flash.

13.) Black Mages use to hit every MB.

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.

15.) Mages use to camp burning their MP's over and over again on a mountain fighting Puddings. <Flans>

16*.) Most Mithra's are male.

17.) The job Beastmaster, Members use to solo it all the way up to 75.

18.) When you visited Windurst, You use to be able to see a lot of Tarutaru's Buttsliding. "You know who you are!"

19.*) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. A movie was made after knowing this.

20.) Mobs AOE use to effect others w/o being in said parties, outcome came to full party wipes cause Mages can't wake anyone up as to they were asleep, Kazam area use to be the worst, Mandies Dream Flower Ability, Use to hit bypassers putting them to sleep on Chocobo's. -Bul (Carbuncle) thanks!

21.) People curing a crafter use to break someone's crafting so people would hide in their Mog House to craft. Chronofantasy Thanks!


Edit: Will be adding things once things come to mind. <Please, Assist!>

It was easy to find a Teleport in jeuno D:

[Dauntless]

It was easy to find a Teleport in jeuno D:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This

[Tsukino_Kaji]

It was easy to find a Teleport in jeuno D:I was always the WHM.

[Nataskiller]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This

hahaha thnx lawl

[Nataskiller]

I was always the WHM.

i think i found my new lover >:O now LF [Teleport-Holla][Can I Have It?][Reward] 2k

[Tsukino_Kaji]

i think i found my new lover >:O now LF [Teleport-Holla][Can I Have It?][Reward] 2kI don't sub blm, ever. There's a 50k job change sercharge.

[Nataskiller]

I don't sub blm, ever. There's a 50k job change sercharge.

mmmmmmm very tempting.....i rather pick a human then a gold selling bot :P so SOLD!

[Nataskiller]

Heres another one, there where 2x as many players and more available parties -.-

[Siros]

Or how bout the days when Conrad the outpost warper was in the metalworks of Bastok across from the elevators an there were no nomad moogles in Selbina.

Or when CoP was so tough that parties would wipe on the 3 crags,the Minotaur,or the Mammets.And Diabolos took 4-5 tries... man those were hard times,lol.

[Ordoric]

AHHHH the good old days when people where hard core lets not forget when summoners where healers and you had to find people your own level yo party with.

[Boldheart]

AHHHH the good old days when people where hard core lets not forget when summoners where healers and you had to find people your own level yo party with.

Oh how i didnt like looking for a SMN to heal cuz there were no mage jobs available lol. SMN'ers used to go heal or buffer/attacker... HEAL... ah no thanks lol.

[Krashport]

Thanks everyone for your help, Been trying to keep things updated I've added a few to the list keep them coming! ^^

[Rocman]

People used to have to find others at around the same level as them to make a party!! No level sync!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

People used to have to find others at around the same level as them to make a party!! No level sync!Truely these were dark times.

[Rocman]

Truely these were dark times.

I miss those days...

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I miss those days...I miss non-despawning mobs and over lapping effects.

[Deadvinta]

25.) "Call Wyvern" used to be a 2-hour.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

25.) "Call Wyvern" used to be a 2-hour.26.) Yes. Yes, it did.

[Deadvinta]

Also, you used to be able to climb up the cliff behind the flag in Valkurm Dunes near the Konstchat Highlands zone.

[Kamea]

I just started playing this game again after a 4 year break and so many things have changed. I do miss some things and yeah it was hard, sometimes not even fun. I miss those times. Actually learned how to play your class... Partied lately with those who leveled in Abyssea just to find out they don't even know how to use their class. Such a difference.

[Deadlyscorpion]

25.) "Call Wyvern" used to be a 2-hour.


I think that happened around the time I quit the game, and when I recently came back my friend told me and I was like "Waaaaaaaaaaah?!?"

I didn't know about Sch or Dnc. Did a quest with a white mage and told her she should have subbed blm, she looked at me like I was crazy and called me old school, I had no idea what she was talking about, I just wanted Escape.

[Dauntless]

Guillotine used to give you 50 TP if all the hits landed..

[Deadvinta]

Guillotine used to give you 50 TP if all the hits landed..

Penta Thrust spam.... -Daydream.-

[Gropitou]

22.) People used to die by massive trains of monsters at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly, This is just one of many areas as to where this whould happen. Raka Thanks!


I still have nightmares of zoning in there and being butt-raped by bats at the top of the stairs, then looking down and seing dead players all the way down the stairway. I miss those days.

[Deadvinta]

Tonberry Hate used to be an issue.

26.) Thieves died.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Tonberry Hate used to be an issue.Mine dose 5k. ^^

[OMEGA_HACK]

Un-upgraded Relics (lv1) were more powerful than the upgraded ones. (before they introduced the Delay to TP returns cap lol)

[Dubberrucky]

23.) Deodorize "Spell" was mostly used as a joke. Dubberrucky Thanks!

lol I actually meant people used to know what it was for. It did have a real purpose at one time.

[Deadvinta]

27.) Cid's teeth aren't going to get fixed.

28.) PS2 Tarutarus could drown themselves in the ocean at Valkurm Dunes.

29.) We used to have to GRIND all the way to 75. None of this Fields of Valor business.

30.) Parties were restricted to a range of 3 levels. No cheating with Level Sync.

[vungster]

27.) Cid's teeth aren't going to get fixed.

Wait I don't get it, this has been going on, did I miss something? What's up with Cid's teeth?

[Deadvinta]

Watch a cutscene with Cid some time. :)

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Wait I don't get it, this has been going on, did I miss something? What's up with Cid's teeth?People are offended by the fact that he talks with his mouth open.

[Deadvinta]

People are offended by the fact that he talks with his mouth open.

And that his lips are actually teeth.

[Sesono]

Finding a party as a MNK or DRG seemed almost impossible back ind the auld days =/

[Deadvinta]

Finding a party as a MNK or DRG seemed almost impossible back ind the auld days =/

Black Mage, Bro.

[Deadvinta]

Fighting the Shadow Lord was, at one point, a big deal.

[vungster]

My black Mage party camps started after level 51, when we got to use Elemental Staves. Camp was Kuftal Tunnel crabs => Terrigan raptors/birds => Onzozo cats

amazing exp and good times

also I'd like to add rng parties in Lufaise Meadows

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Finding a party as a MNK or DRG seemed almost impossible back ind the auld days =/Never, BLM either. It was alway THF that no one wanted.

[Tim]

I remember when BST could charm the Kraken in Quifim and release it near a low level party and it would aggro them.... lol not say I did that once a few years ago

[chrism]

Ah.. the good ole days.. I can't believe I've been playing FF11 that long I remember curing another player while they were crafting sole sushi +1 and caused them to fail OMG talk about raging hahahaahah I know its F**ked up but it was hilarious back then good thing it was fixed though :P

[Deadvinta]

also I'd like to add rng parties in Lufaise Meadows



Should add this to the list:

32.) People used to play Ranger.

[Deadlyscorpion]

I remember the days when I used to have to argue that Ninja was more useful as a tank than as a damage dealer. This is before Ninja tanks were common. There was the whole debate of /war over /thf which sort of faded away over time when people started to really see that nin/war was better for damage dealing and for tanking since the /war sub let you do both better.

[vungster]

Should add this to the list:

32.) People used to play Ranger.

RNG is used for Eye fight in Konstatch Highlands that drops KI for kulkukan, maybe they should implement more of those fights. But yeah back then RNG +kirin = win etc

[Tsukino_Kaji]

33.) Jeff is actualy Cid's teeth.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

34.) The server shutdowns were actualy orcistrated by RMTs to stell all of your gil.

[DrDelicious]

Should add this to the list:

32.) People used to play Ranger.

was my first lvl 75 :D arrowburn or gtfo haha

[Sesono]

Never, BLM either. It was alway THF that no one wanted.
No way...

NIN, RNG, THF, RDM, BRD, BLM > Pure Win back in 2003...

RNG Arrow/Bullet Burn in Boyahada Tree gooood times :D

DRG & MNK really had hard times finding a party these times...

[Tsukino_Kaji]

NIN, RNG, THF, RDM, BRD, BLM > Pure Win back in 2003...Only 30-42+.

[DrDelicious]

No way...

NIN, RNG, THF, RDM, BRD, BLM > Pure Win back in 2003...

RNG Arrow/Bullet Burn in Boyahada Tree gooood times :D

DRG & MNK really had hard times finding a party these times...

but who doesnt remember bones parties in KRT? total win right there
edit: karuba(sp?) arrows doing blunt :D also former win

[Sesono]

Only 30-42+.
Oo

Ever did that setup in a sky party? Or in Ro'Maeve Weapons? ...best partys i ever had, as RNG, as NIN and as THF ^^

but who doesnt remember bones parties in KRT? total win right there
edit: karuba(sp?) arrows doing blunt :D also former win
Yes, that was cool too - just too fast :( KRT and Gustav Tunnel Bone Partys, fun times on MNK.

[DrDelicious]

moon parties were so much fun, running and killing everything in sight

[Murdok]

Multiple player kill

[vungster]

Waiting for someone to open moon gate then rushing to the ??? only to find it's not there, party, then forget to camp ??? as one warps out.... :(

[DrDelicious]

Waiting for someone to open moon gate then rushing to the ??? only to find it's not there, party, then forget to camp ??? as one warps out.... :(

my bad, i got mine right away, gogo striders!
oh! and heres one for ya, PLDs and RNGs getting red tights over RDMs

[Alderin]

It was standard to be booted out of an EXP party with gear that is even marginally gimp. (Oh wait, that still happens).

PLD's used to tank... once upon a time.

Red Mages used to pull.

Mobs did not "depop" after zoning, and would return to their designated areas regardless how far away they were. This would then send every man and their dog (or woman) to the zone also, simply to avoid the legion of Goblins that would be marching through the zone killing any unsuspecting victims. (Especially fishing / logging / mining bots). MPK was normal, amusing, and extremely fun.

(Not sure if any of these have been said as I only read the first page, and only skim read it at that).

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Actualy, you can still MPK the lowbies with goblin diggers, they don't despawn because they don't have a set area to return to.

[Fanugu]

I miss all the random shouts for getting shit done...

Divine Might <Do you need it?>
KS60 YOYD <Do you need it?>
Mission: Blah, blah blah <Team up?>
etc., etc., etc...

shouts for skill-up parties, mission completion, BCNMs, KSNMs, even ISNMs.... Salvage, Nyzul Isle, etc... you'll occasionally see a few shouts for Nyzul gear floors but not a whole lot for floor climbs.

I rember quite a few times I'd get a random invite on RDM, (years later, COR too sometimes) within seconds of logging in. If I put my /inv flag up 99% chance I'd have a party within a minute.

Yeah the quick tele thing for sure... a lot of people had 37WHM/18BLM levelled up on their mains or their mules specifically so they could teleport and warp as quickly as possible... Lol if u were trying to tele-taxi you'd have to be really quick to /pcmd add "whoever" before anyone else could so that you'd get to do the tele. Thats how fast you could get a tele lol...

I miss KRT bones parties (5x MNK burn, RDM or WHM), RNG burn on Lufaise... I had fun in Ule. Range, not so much fun in Bibiki Bay although I remember partying their and selling the Airtanks that dropped so people could get Bugbear pops (remember Rutter Sabatons lol?)

Hell not going back very long at all - I miss bird parties in ToAU as COR... it was expensive as hell but I always dual wielded my joyeuse and mkris and I spammed the hell out of quickdraws and slug shots on those poor colibiri, esp after they gave us TP on QD shots.

Nice thread guys^^

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Divine Might <Do you need it?>
KS60 YOYD <Do you need it?>
Mission: Blah, blah blah <Team up?>
etc., etc., etc...BST solo's this now.

[Ruvion]

1.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members use to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) There was this place where you had to fight along side friends in the heat of battle to collect Coins/relic it was called Dynamis.

5.) Members use to spam Ballista to level up for a different scenery.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle use to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party w/o having Refresh.

8.) PS2 is really holding Final Fantasy XI back. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you PS2 players"

9.) People use to pick on a lizard, In a area called South Gustaberg.

10.) Warrior use to be the main tank.

11.) Level 37 use to be a SJ level.

12.) Red Mages use to have Flash.

13.) Black Mages use to hit every MB.

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.

15.) Mages use to camp burning their MP's over and over again on a mountain fighting Puddings. <Flans>

16*.) Most Mithra's are male.

17.) The job Beastmaster, Members use to solo it all the way up to 75.

18.) When you visited Windurst, You use to be able to see a lot of Tarutaru's Buttsliding. "You know who you are!"

19.*) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. A movie was made after knowing this.

20.) Mobs AOE use to effect others w/o being in said parties, outcome came to full party wipes cause Mages can't wake anyone up as to they were asleep, Kazam's area use to be the worst, Mandies Dream Flower Ability, Use to hit bypassers putting them to sleep on Chocobo's. -Bul (Carbuncle) thanks!

21.) People curing a crafter use to break someone's crafting so people would hide in their Mog House to craft. Chronofantasy Thanks!

22.) People used to die by massive trains of monsters at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly, This is just one of many areas as to where this whould happen. Raka Thanks!

23.) Deodorize "Spell" was mostly used as a joke. Dubberrucky Thanks!

24.) It use to be easy to find a Tele-taxi in Jeuno very fast and easy. Nataskille Thanks!

25.) "Call Wyvern" used to be a 2-hour. Deadvinta Thanks!


Edit: Will be adding things once things come to mind. <Please, Assist!>

Do you have something against using the word "used"? lol

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Do you have something against using the word "used"? lolMaybe he feels it's over used.

[Dart]

here's a couple of things I bet most people don't remember.

you used to not lose exp in dynamis (it was a total mess, people just killing themselves over and over and over lol)

aftermath duration and scaling for 100 tp, 200 tp, and 300tp used to be double the duration that it is now.

[Gaspee]

Riding a chocobo used to cost over a grand~ (thank God they changed that!)

[Tsukino_Kaji]

here's a couple of things I bet most people don't remember.

you used to not lose exp in dynamis (it was a total mess, people just killing themselves over and over and over lol)

aftermath duration and scaling for 100 tp, 200 tp, and 300tp used to be double the duration that it is now.26.) There wasn't always this zone called Dynamis.

[Dart]

here's another one. serket was one of the meanest HNM period. When garlaige was first released the cap wasn't nearly high enough for anyone to kill it on fairy. My ls took a nearly full ally and wiped. Yes...to serket lol.

[ValronXI]

Oh and one thing popped in my head.

People curing a crafter used to break someone's crafting so people hid in MHs to craft.

i used to love breaking peoples lu'shangs rods on the ferry :P im such an As$!

[ValronXI]

1.) Experience Points wasn't what it is now a days.

2.) The Auction House was used along time ago.

3.) There was a place where members use to fight gods, it was called "SKY".

4.) There was this place where you had to fight along side friends in the heat of battle to collect Coins/relic it was called Dynamis.

5.) Members use to spam Ballista to level up for a different scenery.

6.) The gear from Nyzul Isle use to be way better then it is now.

7.) Was very hard to make a party w/o having Refresh.

8.) PS2 is really holding Final Fantasy XI back. "I'm Assuming, I <3 you PS2 players"

9.) People use to pick on a lizard, In a area called South Gustaberg.

10.) Warrior use to be the main tank.

11.) Level 37 use to be a SJ level.

12.) Red Mages use to have Flash.

13.) Black Mages use to hit every MB.

14.) Members use to laugh at getting MPK'ed "Then start thinking how to get revenge" Not by calling a GM.

15.) Mages use to camp burning their MP's over and over again on a mountain fighting Puddings. <Flans>

16*.) Most Mithra's are male.

17.) The job Beastmaster, Members use to solo it all the way up to 75.

18.) When you visited Windurst, You use to be able to see a lot of Tarutaru's Buttsliding. "You know who you are!"

19.*) Galka <Race>: They set out on a journey to climb a high mountain and await their final moments. Their, guided by a magnificent light, They gain a new body, and with that body climbs down from the mountain. A movie was made after knowing this.

20.) Mobs AOE use to effect others w/o being in said parties, outcome came to full party wipes cause Mages can't wake anyone up as to they were asleep, Kazam's area use to be the worst, Mandies Dream Flower Ability, Use to hit bypassers putting them to sleep on Chocobo's. -Bul (Carbuncle) thanks!

21.) People curing a crafter use to break someone's crafting so people would hide in their Mog House to craft. Chronofantasy Thanks!

22.) People used to die by massive trains of monsters at the entrance of a place called "Garlaige Citadel"...horribly, This is just one of many areas as to where this whould happen. Raka Thanks!

23.) Deodorize "Spell" was mostly used as a joke. Dubberrucky Thanks!

24.) It use to be easy to find a Tele-taxi in Jeuno very fast and easy. Nataskille Thanks!

25.) "Call Wyvern" used to be a 2-hour. Deadvinta Thanks!


Edit: Will be adding things once things come to mind. <Please, Assist!>

i remember when you could penta spam

each hit gave 10% TP shortly before NA Release :\

[Dart]

i remember when you could penta spam

each hit gave 10% TP shortly before NA Release :\

the thing that was truly broken about the tp nerf was mnk with relic knuckles. could almost continually spam asuran fists. mnk/sam style. It was even worse than penta

[Alderin]

Actualy, you can still MPK the lowbies with goblin diggers, they don't despawn because they don't have a set area to return to.

Oh really? Didn't know that one... Muahahha *evil laugh*

I mean... who would do such a thing?

[Thuggin]

Yes there used to be so many fishing bots espically in Windurst all by the fishing guild with funny names and there were so many they never talked and had funny names

[Fanugu]

I remember an exploit involving ceremonial daggers and enspells... since enspells don't feed tp and the dagger was 0 dmg, you could effectively fight the NM indefinitely and give it no tp.

[Dart]

I remember an exploit involving ceremonial daggers and enspells... since enspells don't feed tp and the dagger was 0 dmg, you could effectively fight the NM indefinitely and give it no tp.

i believe you can still do this, but if i'm wrong someone will correct me

[Zarabeth]

There was this scary quest area in which you had to climb several floors while avoiding all aggro so your pt didn't wipe. It was called a Prommy or a CoP mission.

[Imole]

It used to be hard to reach the Haste Cap!

[Fanugu]

Yeah, people used to sub /DRG so they could use the Wyvern earring and shield for an extra 5% (think it was 5) haste... Although.... Judging by the price of Wyvern earrings, I guess people are still doing that lol..

[Evilbob]

Crafting used to be profitable.

There used to be these places that were LEVEL CAPPED. Yea theres still a few, but back in the day I felt the need to level alot of jobs to 50 just so I could get in a pt for CoP mission whatever.

Storylines used to be good! Ok wotg has a great story, but getting it 5 missions at a time sucked!

People used to power level! /shout PL 50k/hr <do you need it?>

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Only DRK used to be able to cap red curry.

[Haglaz]

Crafting used to be profitable.

There used to be these places that were LEVEL CAPPED. Yea theres still a few, but back in the day I felt the need to level alot of jobs to 50 just so I could get in a pt for CoP mission whatever.

Storylines used to be good! Ok wotg has a great story, but getting it 5 missions at a time sucked!

People used to power level! /shout PL 50k/hr <do you need it?>

ahh the ol' days...

[Tsukino_Kaji]

ahh the ol' days...Yeah I miss the days when gilsellers were ramping up the cost and I could make 1mil a week just selling mithkabobs.

[Evilbob]

I got alchemy to 100 and spent all the time getting the guild points done. Yay I can make Crimson/Blood gear now! 2-3m for HQ WOOT! Now, lol 300k-500k, though... the synth mats are pretty damn cheap now too, so it can still be a nice profit. Many a wasted hour farming bats for dragon blood (was like 150k each), when you can get a stack now for like 20k. However, I'm lucky to sell 1 piece of HQ in a week anymore... you'd think people would still want the fast pants, oh well...

[Emerican]

-Exp gained from monsters was capped at 200, including chains.

-Multi hit weapon skills used to be absurdly overpowered. For example, lets say the first stike return is 10 TP on your multi hit weapon skill. Well back in the day it would also give 10 TP on top of the base for each additional hit landed. So let's say that was a five fold weapon skill, you would essentially get 50 TP back. If a SAM was using Penta thrust they could nearly spam it non stop, it was insane.

-Rangers didn't have an axe skill.

-Rangers could attack from anywhere and deal the same damage, there was no sweet spots. Ranger was hit by the hardest nerf on a job in XI history as well.

-People used to Ballista.

-SA and TA had to be stacked before Assassin was added.

-We used to have to count shadows.

-CoP was only completed by skilled players.

-Soloing wasn't viable after level 10.

-You had a new xp camp every few levels or so, since there was no level sync.

-The amount of XP needed to get from 1-75 was double what it is now.

-The economy had insane inflation due to RMT's. IE: NQ Hauberks for 12-15 mil.

-You needed to spend countless hours farming, NM hunting, crafting, BCNM's in order to have gil to level.

-You could attack->disengage->engage in order to increase your attack speed.

-There wasn't a bar you had to drain down when fishing, you only had to press confirm and there was no fishing music.

-People actually rode Airships.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

-People used to Ballista.This part is untrue. It's perpetuated by individuals who only want to kill you.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

-CoP was only completed by skilled players.This one is also untrue. It was completed by indiviuals under the guise of "statics" to garning unsuspecting people to help them progress.

[Ladyofdragons]

~mt~ lol:p

[Krashport]

Thanks everyone been very helpfully, This really bring back memories. I know there's so much more to add I hope I don't run out of space? lol

[Evilbob]

Was this in the thread already? If so just ignore the post... trolling forums hoping for an update on server status... SO BORED!

People used to skill chain
BLM used to burst those skill chains

[Dallas]

AHHHH the good old days when people where hard core lets not forget when summoners where healers and you had to find people your own level yo party with.

It's actually much more sinister than this. 3 or more internet forums had fights that lasted YEARS because some summoners would not main heal with Cure 3.

[Emerican]

Thanks everyone been very helpfully, This really bring back memories. I know there's so much more to add I hope I don't run out of space? lol

-World passes were once needed.

-Warriors dual wielded axes.

-Ridill was the most wanted item in the game.

-HNM's didn't go SSJ.

-RMT's got away with botting and camping NM's 24/7.

-XP parties fought over camps.

-End game LS's MPK'd each other at HNM camps. IE: Beetles at Serket.

-Maat's Cap was amazing.

-Game population was so high SE had to make new server's.

-Bastok had a bad placed outpost teleporter.

-People actually did Garrison.

-O-hat was highly sought after, and was the best TP hat for almost all melee's.

-Sky gear was amazing and hard to obtain.

-NM item's weren't Rare/EX, IE: Leaping Boots, Emperor's Hairpin, Archer's Ring's(Non NM item but rare).

-Aquarius was once killed for money and not just Fransisca's.

-People actually clammed.

-BLM's used to make burn pt's of 5 for KSNM 30's and sell/split all your drops besides V claw or D Ingot's.

-Huge amounts of downtime in pt's under 41, with lack of refresh magic.

-Pulling more than 1 mob was considered a bad thing.

-Taking anything less than an R3 was horrible, because XP loss was so huge.

-There wasn't Chocobo's at Tele-Altep and Tele-Yhoat.

-Barely anybody had Thief's knife's because they were so expensive and rare.

-Devil Manta was once heavily camped and also spawned in Cape Terrigan.

-People set HP's in places other than main city's.

-People played on dial up and red boxes were far more frequent.

-There was no quivers or toolbag's.

[Krashport]

Hmm I can't remember was RDM (Red Mage), Sword skill lower then it is now or Am I thinking about another job...

[Ritsuka]

You can still MPK ppl with NM. Aby is very good place to do this in :3

[Tsukino_Kaji]

-People played on dial up and red boxes were far more frequent.No, that was DSL.

[KorPoni]

I believe a friend told me mobs pulled with range could run into a hill and sit there humping a wall, free to kill.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

42.) You used to be able to kill things from the other sides of doors.

[ffxkenshin]

##) Thief use to sit outside alliance til last % of NM(HNM).

[Krashport]

42.) You used to be able to kill things from the other sides of doors.

You still can TK, I've done it b4 shutdown in Temple of Uggalepih, Having a Mob open up the door for me.

[ffxkenshin]

here's some more ^^ this is kinda fun...

##) double BRD party considered best of the best
##) Thief use to make good gil w/ Steal (gold beastcoin comes to mind, and dynamis)

[Tsukino_Kaji]

You still can TK, I've done it b4 shutdown in Temple of Uggalepih, Having a Mob open up the door for me."Non-physical" doors don't count. I can open those with the keys by pulling mobs through them.

[Yopop]

There was a time when players learned faster ways to level from Gil Farmers

ie Mana Burns Parties etc after that players started getting creative

and there was a time when RNG was considered over powered with a Sidewinder hitting for 3700 easy

[Yopop]

you can in some places but SE has actually moved mobs away from the door range to stop us from doing it in a lot of areas

BSTs used to be able to do some fun stuff with scan attacks and we were gimped with the collision guard SE put up


You still can TK, I've done it b4 shutdown in Temple of Uggalepih, Having a Mob open up the door for me.

[Krashport]

you can in some places but SE has actually moved mobs away from the door range to stop us from doing it in a lot of areas

BSTs used to be able to do some fun stuff with scan attacks and we were gimped with the collision guard SE put up

I can understand Mob placement but that happens pretty much a lot "SE moving Mob's around" Seeing there is still places where this still works. I don't feel it should make the list. What do you guys/gals think?

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I can understand Mob placement but that happens pretty much a lot "SE moving Mob's around" Seeing there is still places where this still works. I don't feel it should make the list. What do you guys/gals think?I'm not talking about door that mobs can go through.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

How about;
Monsters used to kill you at outposts before you would see them load.

[Krashport]

How about;
Monsters used to kill you at outposts before you would see them load.

That falls into 29.) Mob's didn't "Despawn" After disengaging from Said Mob then zoning into another area, Some Mob's would return to their designated area regardless how far they were pulled from said Member's, Other parties around would zone also knowing that said Mob would work it's way back through. Alderin Thanks!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

That falls into 29.) Mob's didn't "Despawn" After disengaging from Said Mob then zoning into another area, Some Mob's would return to their designated area regardless how far they were pulled from said Member's, Other parties around would zone also knowing that said Mob would work it's way back through. Alderin Thanks!No it doesn't. It was never a despawn issue. Agroing mobs used to sit right on top of OPs. You'd warp in and be dead before you saw what hit you.

[Sulia]

Hitting 10-12k/hr in Sky/King Ranperre's Tomb burn parties was the fastest exp in the game.

Crabs were just about the only mobs exp'd on from levels 50-65.

If you got bored and wanted to see who was better in a duel amongst friends, you went into a place called Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba.

The trek to Jeuno after hitting level 20 was exciting and dangerous.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

The trek to Jeuno after hitting level 20 was exciting and dangerous.I died at the jugner/batallia zone and the valkrum PT I had been with all day and was running to jeuno with, left me there.

Oh and none of them even tried to lift a finger to help me while I was being attacked.

[Krashport]

No it doesn't. It was never a despawn issue. Agroing mobs used to sit right on top of OPs. You'd warp in and be dead before you saw what hit you.

Then it falls into Mob placement but that happens pretty much a lot "SE moving Mob's around".

[Amanie]

here's an old one i miss that i didnt see in the edited list.

multi hit weaponskill gave full tp per hit landed. MNKs with relic knuckles would never stop using asuran fists

[Krashport]

No it doesn't. It was never a despawn issue. Agroing mobs used to sit right on top of OPs. You'd warp in and be dead before you saw what hit you.

45.) It used to be very dangerous hoofing it around Vana'diel, Mob's use to be in the worst places to set foot in. Member's use to die by just zoning out from an Outpost among other Areas, Mob's are still moved around to this day. Tsukino_Kaji Thanks! Fix! ^^b

[Tsukino_Kaji]

45.) It used to be very dangerous hoofing it around Vana'diel, Mob's use to be in the worst places to set foot in. Member's use to die by just zoning out from an Outpost among other Areas. Tsukino_Kaji Thanks! Fix! ^^bWell phrased, but no ' on members, you want plural not posessive.

[Krashport]

Well phrased, but no ' on members, you want plural not posessive.


45.) It used to be very dangerous hoofing it around Vana'diel, Mob's use to be in the worst places to set foot in, Members used to die by just zoning out from an Outpost among other Areas, Mob's are still moved around to this day. Tsukino_Kaji Thanks!

QQ It's late.. XD

[lilsweets]

Oh how i didnt like looking for a SMN to heal cuz there were no mage jobs available lol. SMN'ers used to go heal or buffer/attacker... HEAL... ah no thanks lol.

God Smn was my third job to level to 75, and I remember i got so mad in the beginning about not healing for a party, then eventually around lvl 30-40 I gave up and said healing ok. I just wanted 75. yea those days sucked

[lilsweets]

I remember the days when climbin up the mountain for the cop mission was a pain in my butt. Especially on ps2, there was always a certain corner I failed on and had to reclimb that damn mountain... was such an accomplishment when i finally made it i didnt play for a day or two haha.

[lilsweets]

Also I know it's all coming back to me... there was a glitch in valkurm dunes, at the second beach, on ps2, if i moved about the trees near the beach eventually the glitch would get me into the ocean and i could walk around it all the way to the other beach behind selbina... Thanks ruiz for teaching me that one!

[lilsweets]

I miss all the random shouts for getting shit done...

Divine Might <Do you need it?>
KS60 YOYD <Do you need it?>
Mission: Blah, blah blah <Team up?>
etc., etc., etc...

shouts for skill-up parties, mission completion, BCNMs, KSNMs, even ISNMs.... Salvage, Nyzul Isle, etc... you'll occasionally see a few shouts for Nyzul gear floors but not a whole lot for floor climbs.

I rember quite a few times I'd get a random invite on RDM, (years later, COR too sometimes) within seconds of logging in. If I put my /inv flag up 99% chance I'd have a party within a minute.

Yeah the quick tele thing for sure... a lot of people had 37WHM/18BLM levelled up on their mains or their mules specifically so they could teleport and warp as quickly as possible... Lol if u were trying to tele-taxi you'd have to be really quick to /pcmd add "whoever" before anyone else could so that you'd get to do the tele. Thats how fast you could get a tele lol...

I miss KRT bones parties (5x MNK burn, RDM or WHM), RNG burn on Lufaise... I had fun in Ule. Range, not so much fun in Bibiki Bay although I remember partying their and selling the Airtanks that dropped so people could get Bugbear pops (remember Rutter Sabatons lol?)

Hell not going back very long at all - I miss bird parties in ToAU as COR... it was expensive as hell but I always dual wielded my joyeuse and mkris and I spammed the hell out of quickdraws and slug shots on those poor colibiri, esp after they gave us TP on QD shots.

Nice thread guys^^

Logging in and having to go /anon on bard 75 right away. Or just get spam /tells

[lilsweets]

My old ls used to have the DD go sub mage for niddy back in the day haha

[Chocobits]

DRK could sub SAM and use Hasso to keep Dread Spikes in infinitely, allowing them to solo chain IT mobs.

BRD could sub COR and cast infinite songs.

Sniper's Ring (NQ) was 20m and HQ was 40m during inflation of '06.

Also during inflation of '06, Chocobos at crags cost upward of 7k.

There was a (not widely exploited) exploit that under the right circumstances, high lvl players could bring several mobs to low health and CFH one of them - low lvl players received full XP on the non-CFH ones.

The "attack behind doors" exploit worked on any kind of obstacle that mobs couldn't pass through, and it caused them to glitch and stop attacking. This was how many linkshells defeated AV in 2006.

AV used to be Kraken Club burnable and this was how many linkshells defeated him in (what was it, 2008? 2009?)~

A large group of SCH used to be able to precisely time Modus Veritas to "1-shot" HNMs.

Square Enix made a really lame video on how to fight AV. The only things players learned from that were: SAMs should wear Domarus, Taru RDM should use Emotes when not 2 houring, and that you needed a bot to accurately lock AVs 2 hours.

Stroper Chimes used to drop Archer's Rings. On Midgardsormr, there was an RMT party that camped them 24/7 that was fondly named "The Alphabet Gang". Its members included Aniet Babys Capcom Dress Enongh and Fast.

You could MPK people by casting Bind on mobs. They would attack the nearest player they were facing. It was fun to cast Bind on pugils in Qufim and kill swarms of RMT fishbots.

There were no Goblin Speedhackers near coastlines/lakes/puddles.

Casting -aga buffs in a party with a crafter will STILL break their synth! :)

To this day, I STILL don't know how to get to that tiny island in Batallia Downs without the use of POS.

Putting up /anon and lvl 8 gear, then grabbing Bloodtear/Steelfleece and running around the crag screaming still produces a chuckle.

At 75 cap, soloing was a thing of legend, not something you had to do to finish a quest.

THF could solo 25-30 faster than any job in the game (still can :-) )

It was always possible to earn 15k/hr lvls 10-50~ before level sync and SMN burn.

It was possible to claim another group's mob, including NMs by spamming Provoke/Stun/Dia/Flash until it went through.

Fleetool worked while on Chocobo to create Hyper Choobo!

There was a speed hack that didn't require any tools but Windower, where all you had to do was change your computer's clock to a certain time, then change it to another time. For a few seconds you would be moving so fast that you couldn't control your character!

If you screwed up the Chainspell Stun on RDM, Suzaku would own you.

It was possible to kill Byakko with a group of 6 at 75 cap.

RDM could solo almost anything at 75 cap, but it took them 3-8 hours to kill anything.

People would bring 2 full alliances + outside healers to kill Kirin.

RDM used to be able to tank :-(

Tanks used to matter :'(

[Chocobits]

Forgot a few :)

SMN burns from 2005-2007 consisted of 2 melee and 4 SMN magic bursting a bloodpact. At low lvls they used Thunderspark on Fragmentation/Impaction. At higher lvls they double magic bursted on Fusion with Ifrit's Fire II and Banishga from WHM sub.

The Escort Taru NPC was always up at the zone to Garlaige, waiting to die horribly from the constant trains.

Pre 50~, the only jobs that could break 500 spike damage were THF, WAR and DRK.

People thought THF should use Daggers pre-30. GOGO 35 damage Wasp Sting!

People honestly didn't know that GAXE was the only weapon that DRK should use pre-50~.

A crafter with a hefty amount of Millionaire's Desks he had made to skillup on decided to start a rumor that they gave TH+100 on NM drops. It took off like wildfire and persisted for 3 years. :) He retired rich and hated.

BG and Wiki didn't exist.. those were dark times and many were forced to use Allakazham /shudder

The company that owns IGE bought Allakazham.

The reason everything skyrocketed from Winter '05 to Summer '06 was because of Item and Gil duping. The gil produced was sold on FFXI gold sites for $3-5 dollars per million, with discounts on purchases over 50m!

One of the original owners and mods for FFXI Wiki used player donation funds to purchase his Mandau. Tsk Tsk.

There was a hack that allowed EX items to be trade-able.

The CoP Airship battle was the single hardest BCNM in the game.

Someone in my LS started a rumor that Lithe Boots were dropped from an NM named "Leaping Larry".. and another LS member believed it. :)

Nearly any job 75 cap could easily solo in Campaign for 3-7k exp

Golden-Tongued Culberry was one of the messiest fights imaginable. It was a real feat keeping more than half the alliance alive at any given moment.

People used to MPK at Fafnir by dragging spiders into his spawn area (after the Despawn patch). Being surround by multiple mobs confused him, causing him to spin, and then Flail.

People used to camp Fafnir. :)

Tiamat was HARD to kill. Most LS needed more than 1 alliance.

Then people found out he wasn't really that hard. Tiamat, Cerb, Khim, Nidhogg, King Behemoth, Sandworm and Ixion could all be killed in a 75 cap group of 6-10 people. Nobody cared about any of the other high lvl mobs.

I killed Adamantoise in a 4 man skillup party lvls 70-75 once. And by skillup, I mean we were skilling up ON him lol.

Threads like this didn't exist. When we complained about the good old days, those WERE the good old days!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

People would bring 2 full alliances + outside healers to kill Kirin.Pre-TAU, always only 1 allaince and never full.

[Evilbob]

Stroper Chimes used to drop Archer's Rings. On Midgardsormr, there was an RMT party that camped them 24/7 that was fondly named "The Alphabet Gang". Its members included Aniet Babys Capcom Dress Enongh and Fast.

We had these on Bismark server too, cept they we called redapple1, redapple2, etc.... I had fun mpking them and plenty of frustration having my NM botted by them. Wow that was awhile ago...

[Yopop]

Psst you know your account is linked to your FFXI account?

i'd delete that :)


Forgot a few :)

To this day, I STILL don't know how to get to that tiny island in Batallia Downs without the use of POS.

[Chocobits]

Never said I used it lol. I saw a youtube vid of a guy doing it. I never knew about the island until I saw it :)


Pre-TAU, always only 1 allaince and never full.
Setting aside my usual grammar Nazi-ism of not being sure what an allaince is:

You almost certainly mean Post-TAU. Most LS I've been in, watched, or seen in videos anywhere used a full alliance or more on Kirin from 2004-2006. With the introduction of much better gear, and revelations about game mechanics, it become a much more manageable fight. Some LS coped well with Kirin with less than a full "allaince" during Pre-TAU. Most did not. Stop trying to be elitist or trollbait or something?

But seriously *2nd edit cause I came off harsher than I meant lol* I'm just saying there were good shells, and there were bad shells. Which category do you think most of them fell into?

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Never said I used it lol. I saw a youtube vid of a guy doing it. I never knew about the island until I saw it :)GD... CN... Map... -_-

[Chocobits]

GD... CN... Map... -_- You.. Wasted Time... On That Quest? >.<

[Tsukino_Kaji]

You.. Wasted Time... On That Quest? >.<No, I gave up after 2. lol
I've spent so much time in there I know where everything is now.

[Chocobits]

No, I gave up after 2. lol
I've spent so much time in there I know where everything is now.
I got 3, but one was by accident cuz I got lost lol.

I only spent like 2 years or so playing before I found out about that island :)

[blizz]

Man now to bring back some old school dark age times.

1. People use to fight fafnir with all /whm for stoneskin. LOL remeber.
2. Kirin when first came out was unbeatable.
3. people use to merit in moon and krt.
4. japans biggest joke ever when NA players got the game and we had to run around with the ? over our head.
5. Lord of Ozone use to drop a k-club
6. it use to cost 4 mill just to buy meds for cop airship bcnm
7. gms use to fish players in dynamis widhurst
8 it is possible for a gm to die by dark ixions charge "Grizzfunk" you always made me laugh
9 Scorpion Harness +1 use to cost 15 - 18 mill a pop
10 Fenrir server did win the Balista Royal. :P
11. Final Fantasy xi made cnn news over pandamodiam warden.
12. Katrina makes infamous history on a live brodcast of pdw fight with the famous quote "Dont panic"
13. it is possible to kill KB in under 30 sec go quickshots and all your mighty k-clubs.
(but a claimed cfh Nidhogg by accident of course with mnks galore using 2hr is much much more fun to watch with over 145 people in the pit of doom.)
14 the prime of final fantasy had to have been when the hardcore shells lead the srvers. and the ls epeen wars started.
15. i cant remeber the mobs name but the jp rumor of refresh spell was the biggest hoax in the game.
16. SE had a big thumbs down from Einharjar. tier one tier 2 tier 3 chambers where much harder than odin big dissapointment.
17. Mataysa fish has yet to be added to inside the belly quest.
18. fishing use to be alot easier to do no fighting.
19. 3-4k exp a hr use to be a good party
20. shells do bah v2 on a regular basis still get lost heading to the bcnm
21. Yhoater jungle is still the worst map to navigate in this game. But its pretty
22. Fighting Tiamat Alabastor antlion and xolotal all at once and not wiping to give away tiamat use to be fun.
23. lol Wyrms use to be killed by smns and bsts only
24. Adamantoise is gonna be up when the server is up you should at least take some time out of your day and go say hi to him he is all lonley.
25 Vrtra did not use to draw in at the feet. come on se fix that glitch its been over 2 years now.

[Chocobits]

Whm used to sub SMN for Aerial Armor, and we all talked about how overpowered it would be to be able to do Earthen Ward subbed :)


people use to merit in moon and krt.
How many people still know what moon is? :( I did xp there, so fun and so deadly.


i cant remeber the mobs name but the jp rumor of refresh spell was the biggest hoax in the game.
I still use the Taisai gag whenever someone asks about new spells. It's an old enough joke that people still fall for it :)


lol Wyrms use to be killed by smns and bsts only
My coworker still has his TheFlock pearl lol


Adamantoise is gonna be up when the server is up you should at least take some time out of your day and go say hi to him he is all lonley.I didn't log out in Terrigan :( I could use some dagger skillups too..


Scorpion Harness +1 use to cost 15 - 18 mill a pop
You lucked out then. On Midgards, NQ Hauby, SH and Nobles Tunic went for 15-18. HQs 35-40m.

Ever since that time, I started stockpiling high ticket items hoping for another inflation. Sell gear. Take 3-4 month break. Come back. ??? Profit. But another inflation never came, and the price of my gear tumbled. It was like the stock market crashed on top of my mog safe lol.

[Ilax]

Things they don't want you to know about.

*your reraise could be dispeled -.-
*Loosing shadow was not reducing hate.
*Monster was not building resistance to enf.
*2-Hour abilities originally could be reset by changing jobs.
*The World Pass system

[Krashport]

I hope I don't run out of space? lol

This was a pun @ PS2 so sorry me love you long time! lol

[Tsukino_Kaji]

*your reraise could be dispeled -.-I hate you fenrir. >.<
I soloed him on BST later to get revenge. lol

[Krashport]

I hate you fenrir. >.<
I soloed him on BST later to get revenge. lol

I can't remember, Did.. SE address this or can RR "Reraise" still be dispelled?

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I can't remember, Did.. SE address this or can RR "Reraise" still be dispelled?It can no longer be dispelled. SO yes, add it to the lst. lol

[Ilax]

@Krashport

Don't forget to add: 2-Hour abilities originally could be reset by changing jobs.

I so remember these day :)

Can find info here: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=1179770580159618255&howmany=50

can add up more about all update SE did, for the part that say: **Experience Chains** did not exist. @__@

It was probably pre-NA version because i do not remember that at all =P

[Valonquar]

I remember when dying even once was a serious emotional trauma, causing hours of time spent leveling to be undone.

Once, people would arrive at a the Crag of Mea, on their way to xp pt at The Boyahda Tree. They would then decide to WALK there from the crag as the chocobo rental fee was over 5k which was too much for many people.

For a few short months, there was this interesting set of zones where few people went to do SCNM fights for neat hats made from the heads of the beastmen leaders of the past.

[Nianny]

I remember dying in Valkurm dunes alot of times due to Trains of mobs to highlands zone. It was pretty common or I just had bad luck with the timing. :/

[Raka]

That this thread was almost lost in the 130+ pages of threads!

Figured I'd bring it back to the top!

[Rie]

You cannot unsee the grumpy-looking face/angry eyes on Twashtar once you've noticed it.

(It's near the hilt, try it upside down if you don't see it!)

[Raka]

Shields used to:

<name> blocks the attack with his/her shield.

[Zoner]

Yall forget about Rusty Caps and Rabao?

[Gennadi]

I dont think this has been brought up but who remembers DD's avoiding resting in between pulls because of their tp would go down.

I remember one of my first questions when i was levelling in ronfaure was "will i get aggro if i stay on the path?"

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I remember not resting all the time and wondering when the rdm would get off his ass and cure me.

[Godofgods]

pulling used to be an art form' Not simply agro everything and have a blm sleepaga it.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

A time when thfs knew their place as a puller and not burned in abyssea "STFU I'm a DD."

[Economizer]

You used to be able to skill up healing magic on mobs that weren't undead by curing them. They wouldn't attack or get cured from doing this.

Reraise used to learned at higher levels then the same tier Raise.

Raise and Reraise used to cost more MP for higher tiers, and getting a higher tier was more important to the dead player, but less important to the White Mage who had to deal with the higher cost. This impacts the game even to this day, where players will indicate how much they (usually don't) care about getting a higher tier Raise even when the White Mage is more then capable of casting a Raise II or III to the person.

[Michae]

I remember taking bst 1-75 solo FASTER than I did any other job in a pt. With the use of 0 pots and just a charm macro. And only the lolbst full timing thier af gear and used nq pots (or any pots really outside campaign or such) to solo.

I also remember a time when lvling brd meant hrs of pulling in MMM...and enjoying it.

For that matter...I remember being amazed at how much exp a MMM pt could bring with a good group. And setting up MMM statics with that group to lvl faster than standard pts.

Kicking ppl from pts cause they were not geared properly (event gear in even a dunes pt would get you the boot, nowadays you can get by with lvl 1 gear in a lvl 60 book burn sadly)

a healer not complaining about macro'd gear cause they knew that <stal> and <stpc> would allow you to easily target without fear of loosing it to a gear swap

When you actually made friends in-game and helped each other out causing a ls to have the same core members for literally years...cause they were your friends